David Wagner directs the first ORF country crime thriller from East Tyrol
Vienna (OTS) – They bring the “snow of yesterday” into the present: A state environmental councilor floating dead in a lake calls the neo-investigator duo Simon Morzé and Marlene Hauser into action in the latest ORF rural crime thriller – the first film in the popular series from East Tyrol. The question of whether the victim drowned or whether his death was helped led the two chief inspectors to a quirky village community in search of a future perspective in which many old debts do not seem to have been repaid. The case, co-produced by ORF and ZDF, is directed by David Wagner based on a script by Ivo Schneider. In other roles until December in, for example, Lienz, Schlaiten and Kals am Großglockner, alongside Simon Morzé and Marlene Hauser, among others, Johann Wolfgang Lampl, Michael Rotschopf, Fanny Krausz, Kristina Sprenger, Johanna Orsini and Gerhard Liebmann, who received national and international awards and the drama “Eismayer”, co-financed by the ORF as part of the film/television agreement, is once again working together with director David Wagner in front of the camera.
Simon Morzé: “Lots of action, interesting characters and great locations”
Simon Morzé says about his role: “I play Martin Steiner – a very sporty, good-humoured, kind-hearted person, but who also has a story that is not entirely easy. I’ve never played an investigator before, it’s a great job to solve a murder case in a duo.” He goes on to say about the rural crime thriller: “There’s a lot of action, interesting characters and great locations in East Tyrol.”
Marlene Hauser: “Young, dynamic investigator duo”
Marlene Hauser describes her country crime character: “At first glance, Melanie Grandits may have a slightly grumpier nature, but she also has a very strong sense of justice and many secrets. It is a great honor to be an investigator.” She announces the first East Tyrol country crime thriller with the following words: “The audience can look forward to a young, dynamic investigator duo.”
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A male corpse floats in Lake Tristach near Lienz in East Tyrol. The dead person is the Tyrolean Environmental Councilor Konrad Kofler, who apparently drowned and, according to the autopsy, had very little blood in his alcohol. After an appointment with the state finance councils of all federal states, Schett was on his way to a side valley in East Tyrol – to Inner Ainöd, where he never arrived. The case calls Chief Inspector Martin Steiner (Simon Morzé) and Chief Inspector Melanie Grandits (Marlene Hauser) onto the scene, although it is initially not certain whether it is a murder case. When it turns out that Schett didn’t fall into Lake Tristach while he was drunk, but was already dead when he was thrown in, things get really difficult for the two of them. The investigation initially leads Martin and later Melanie to Inner Ainöd, a quirky and rough village community where the clocks apparently work differently. A community that has been fighting for a long time to ensure that the last residents do not move out.
The rural crime thriller “Snow of Yesterday” is a co-production by ORF, ZDF and Dor Film, made with the support of FISA+, TV Fund Austria and Cine Tirol.